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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Apply the latest bridge engineering knowledge in compliance with CHBDC standards, ensuring your projects meet the highest regulatory requirements.
• Utilize a step-by-step detailed work example to gain practical understanding and enhance your problem-solving skills in real-world scenarios.
• Effectively solve common bridge design and construction challenges using proven techniques and methodologies.
• Assess the condition of existing bridges through comprehensive evaluation techniques, enabling informed decisions on maintenance and rehabilitation.
• Develop and implement robust rehabilitation and strengthening programs for aging bridges, extending their lifespan and improving safety.

Description
This course enhances the confidence and efficiency of bridge engineers, inspectors, and contractors by applying bridge engineering principles in planning, design, and rehabilitation techniques. Participants gain hands-on experience with practical strategies for real-world projects, preparing them to handle modern bridge engineering complexities.

This course covers loads and their impact on structures, simplified analysis methods, and cutting-edge practices in new highway bridge design. It also includes evaluation and rehabilitation of existing bridges. Detailed case studies on steel, concrete, and pre-stressed concrete designs and retaining structures are presented. These case studies reference relevant code articles, helping participants relate practical examples to regulatory standards.

We explore the latest advancements in bridge technology through real-world case studies, highlighting innovative techniques to enhance bridge durability and functionality. This approach bridges theoretical knowledge with practical application, deepening participants' understanding of the field.

Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for bridge design engineers, planners, contractors, and inspectors who are actively involved in designing, evaluating, and restoring highway bridges. Supervisors and consulting engineers will benefit from the comprehensive approach to modern bridge engineering techniques. Additionally, contractors specializing in bridge rehabilitation and strengthening will find the course particularly useful.

Participants from various sectors, such as government agencies, transportation departments, and private engineering firms, will find the course content relevant and applicable. The course also benefits educators and researchers focusing on bridge engineering and infrastructure development.

Professionals seeking to update their knowledge and skills in compliance with the latest CHBDC standards and innovative practices in bridge engineering will find this course invaluable.

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Syllabus

Day 1-4

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

• Bridge Engineering Overview
• Bridge Main Components
• Loads (Loading Example)
• Short and Medium Span Bridges & Integral Deck System - Case Studies
• Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) technique – Case studies)
• Photos for Overpasses and Segmental Bridges
• Concrete Example: Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders – step-by-step design
• Prestressed Concrete Overview (optional)
• PP Presentation for Different Case Studies
• Theory of Spliced Concrete Girders
• Foundation and Geotechnical Systems (Substructure Example) – Step-by-step design
• Seismic Analysis and Design
• Steel Bridge Introduction
• Composite Construction Applications for Bridge Deck
• PP Presentation of a Case Study (Richelieu Bridge)
• Fracture Control and Fatigue
• Steel Bridge Example, including Bridge Deck Analysis – Step-by-step design
• Expansion Joints
• Material Defects
• Bridge Evaluation Example Step-by-step evaluation technique
• Fiber Reinforced Bridge Structures
• Bridge Rehabilitation vs. Replacement
• PMB presentation - Design/Build procurement construction method- Case Study
• PPP construction methods – application on bridge engineering
• Several Examples and Case Studies will be Presented

Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Instructor

Adel R. Zaki is the Chief Engineer of bridges and structures with SNC-Lavalin. In his 40 years in civil engineering practice, Mr. Zaki has been engaged by Canada’s foremost engineering consulting firms, becoming an expert in the design and management for major bridge projects in North America and internationally.

In 1995, the World Bank recognized Mr. Zaki as an international specialist for his professional services in planning, project management and the design of railway and highway infrastructures.

Mr. Zaki has published more than twenty technical papers on bridges and received merit awards from the CSCE, the ACI, and the PCI. He is a member of numerous associations and committees including Professional Engineers Ontario, Order of Engineers of Quebec, Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, Transportation Research Board, Technical Committee of the CSA Bridge Code S6, and the International Association of Bridges and Structures.